Alfred Mahlau (1984-1967)
Alfred Mahlau was a graphic designer, painter, illustrator, and teacher. He was born in 1894 in Berlin, and studied at the Staatliche Kunstschule in Berlin. After World War I he worked in Lübeck as a painter and graphic artist. His work included the logo for the food manufacturer Schwartauer Werke, and the identity for the Niederegger marzipan and sweets maker, both of which are still in use today. From 1946 he also taught at the College of Fine Arts in Hamburg.
He is best known for the stained-glass windows in the Lübeck Marienkirche (St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck), which are a homage to the famous mural of the Dance of Death in a church destroyed during the bombing of Lübeck in World War II.
[DJD, October 2015]
